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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-27
CITY or PORTLAND, mA1NE.
PUBLIC NOTICE.

TKNHE Committee on streets hereby gives notice
IL that il is about to pave Spring street, from
Clark to Neal street, and all persons who contenl-
plate laying pipes for sewers. drains. water or
gas, are called upon to make the excavations for
same Immediately. before said street is paved,
otherwise permits for such excavations will be re-
fused.
and bridges.
HERBERT G. BRIGGS, Chairman.
Portland, June H. 1887. je11dtf
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The National League.

ttO GOaGGO-
Tho following games were played lin the
National League, Saturday:
AT CHICAGO.
cnIeasoss an159ss.. s:..........a
Bostons. ns.............1 0 0 1 3 o II
Base hits-Chicagos, 10; Bostons, 49, Errors
Chlcagos, 2; Bostons, A. Pitchers-Baldwina and
AT DETROIT.
Nj inprlngs"-...-.. 3
New norks. l l Q Q x-15
Deuoi's. ..''',. ''''.o o
New Yorks, B.; Detroits, s. Pitchers-Keefe
and Weidman.
AT PrrrsBURG.
w.IE9ai,gss Innings g g 9lo11
Pittsburgs....o 0 0 0 o.
Base -washingtons, 10; Pittsburps. ~.
Observation-Disclosures 8; Pittsburgs, A. Pitchers
Whitney and Calvin.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Inn'ngs.........1 3 Ct o
Philadelpnias. o o XII
Indianapolis. 1 l O Is
Base IPhiladelphias; 49,; INDIANAPOLIS. 7.
Pitchers -Bufintcn, Kirby and Cahi
STANDING OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The past week has been disastrous one
for the Bostons The crippling of Kelly and
Burdock has been severe blow to the club,
and the friends of the Bostons do not expect
so much from them on this trip as they had
hoped at the start. They viii play good
ball, however, notwithstanding that they
are handicapped. Sutton has Joined the
team, and his batting qualities will no doubt
help them. The Detroits have their hardest
opponents to meet during the next eight
days-New York, Philadelphia and Boston,
and they may be expected to drop in their
DQrppUfaCQ- The NpyV YOrlyG and (thiaaOoc
are battling hard for the top, and the coming
week quite change is probable in the stand
ing OF the four leaders. The situation at
present is as follows:
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MAINE.
Bishop keaIey at Lewiston.

LEWISTON, June 26.-Bishop Healey ad-
ministered confirmation here today and de-
livered sermon, in which he alluded to DIR.
McGynn as deluded child of the church,
justly threatened with accommodation. He
dwelt on the fallaeious principles of the
Anti-Poverty Society at length and pleasant
ly referred to the time of Adam and Eve,
when there was a wonderful scarcity OF
poor people. The address bristled through
out with subtle theological points. He
closed by congratulating the reverend pas
tor, L. II. Wallace, for his untiring zeal
among Lewiston Catholics.
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DIR. Flowers Great Scien-
tific Remedies are for sale by
your druggist.
See next weeks paper
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A Pleasant Occasion.

AUGUSTA, June 25.-Forty-fve boys and
girls from the Soldiers Orphan Asylum of
Bath visited Augusta today and spent sew
erai hours of enjoyment. They were in
charge of Trustee J. G. Richardson, who is
very much beloved by the children, and a
corps of lady teachers, and occupied a special
car on Jewett's train, having started in the
morning. Here the youthful visitors spent
their time largely in visit to the State
House, to which they were given free access.
The home of one of the children is in Hal
lowell, and Governor Bodwell took the little
one in his carriage at noon and drove her
down. All departed ON the train at 3.13
p. m, having previously eaten lunch in
their car. The trip was highly enjoyable to
the children, and it will remain pleasant
spot in their memories for years to come.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Maine Postal Service.

WASHINGTON, June pa star service
from Hancock Point to Mt. Desert Ferry,
two miles and back, twelve times week.
has been established from July 1 to August
81 1887.
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CITY ADvERTlsEmENTs.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
CITY iARSHAL'S OFFICE.
City EEarshal's Office.

OWNERS of Trucks. Drays, Wagons, Carts or
" other vehicles, which shall be used in this
city for the conveyance from place to place, with
in the city, of Wood, Coal, Lumber, Stone, Bricks
Sand. Clay, Gravel, Dirt, rubbish Goods, Wares,
Furniture. Merchandise building material or any
other article or things whatsoever, are hereby
requested to present their teams for inspection,
and to receive their licenses and numbers for the
year commencing, July l, 1887 at the Marshal's
ONCE, from the 9Th to the 18th of July, 1887. A
failure to comply with this notice will subject the
delinquent to penalty.
EZRA HAWKES., City Marshal,
Portland, June "a, 1887. je25dtd
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Postoffice EstabIlshed.
The Great Telephone case.

A postoffice has been established at Ep
ping, Washington county, Me.
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The Trial of Jacob Sharp Begun.

NEW YORK, May 16-Not one in twenty
OF the people who sought to gain admission
to the Court of Oyer and Terminer in this
city, where Jake Sharp was to be placed on
trial this morning, succeeded in effecting an
entrance. The door was guarded by officers
and only those who had business in the
court were allowed to enter Enough how
ever, got in to fill the room. Justice George
c. Barrett, who recently tried the Doodle
aldermen, spresided at the trial. When
the Doodle magnate entered the court room
this morning his face had troubled and
careworn expression. He placed his hat on
a table and conyersed with his counsel, ex-
Judge William Fullerton, ex-Judge Homer
A. Nelson and Albert Sticxney. At the
table of the prosecuting officers sat District
Attorney MARITIME and his assistant.
Az liza MI MARITIME moved the trial of
Jacob Sharp.
The district attorney stated that Kerr and
Richmond, who were indicted with Sharp,
had elected to be tried separately, and he
was prepared to go on with the present case.
Clerk Sparks asked Sharp if he was ready
for trial, Lawyer Stickney replied for him.
linen tne empannelllng OF jurors was be-
gun. Only 81 out of 100 of those summoned
were present. Twenty-four talesmen were
examined up to recess, but on one ground or
another, prior prejudiceS against informers,
or lack of intelligence, all were excused.
Altogether "a talesmen were examined be-
fore the adjournment this afternoon but one
seat In the jury box was occupied Nine
candidates for the box were excused for
lack OF ordinary intelligence or inability to
understand English, one made the most Of
MS position as poll clerk and claimed his
privilege of exemption from jury duty. Two
OF three were III, the remainder, 40, all es-
capped jury duty through their more or less
firmly rooted bias. 1t was noticeable fact
developed in today's examination was the
universal belief in Sharp's guilt.
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STANDING OF THE LEAGUE.
Following is the standing Of the clubs in
the New England League to date:
The College Diamond.

NOTES FROM BATES COLLEGE.
The pines which were set out on the ball
field by the mirthful youths in the night pre-
ceding Arbor Day were soon removed, and
the diamond has been put in the excellent
condition it was before.
The skillful manner in which the Fresh
man nine are handling the ball shows that
80 possesses even better base ball material
than was thought at the first Of the season,
and the base ball supporters are greatly re-
GREETING that Bates is not in the college
league. With Gilmore. Thayer and Dorr on
the bases, Day or WOodman shOrtstop, and
Tinker, Sprague, or Call and Whitcomb in
the out-feld, the field would have certainly
been stronger than last year, while the bat
terry would have beeu about as good. If the
classes can agree, Bates will probably enter
the league next year, as no ball players
graduate this year whose places can not be
readily filed.
The Lewiston High School nine defeated
the Freshmen Saturday by score of Is to
IL. A down town battery, however, played
with the High Schools.
lows; Dorr, pitcher; Mason, catcher; Gill
more, Welch and Spillane on the bases !;
Garcelon, right field; Ridley, centre field !;
Whlteomb. left field. l.. III. DOrr Is captain,
and A. +. Gilmore, manager.
The Freshmen intend to play the BowdOin
Medicals soon.
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THE ANpRoscoccIN FREsHET.
Hopes That No Further Damage
VIII be Done to the Dams-The Sit
uation at Berlin and corhan,, N. n.

GoRHAM, N, H., May 15.-The fears here
and at Berlin, which for several days have
been great, and for which there has been
more cause than is generally known, is sub
siding with the receding waters. and, unless
the upper dams should now give way or the
Milan bridge, which is holding over 5,000,0
OF logs, breaks from its fastenings, a few
days will relieve all further danger and dam
age. 1t is probable, however, that but for
jambing of the logs at the Milan bridge the
rush OF them through Berlin with the large
body of water from the broken dam, serious
damage would have been done; in fact, more
or less of all the works there must have been
swept away, and many dwellings and build.
ings along the banks, both here and there,
been entirely destroyed. As it has been,
those nearest the river in the lower places
have been compelled to move out, and even
today boats are running in our main street,
distance of nearly one-fourth of a mile
above the thickly settled part of the village,
where for several days this has been the
principal way of getting to and from busi-
ness by those who live above the Mullen
bridge, near the Congregational church. No
such time was ever before known, nor shall
we now rest perfectly secure until we know
the immense quantity of water in the great
lakes is safely held above the dams.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
Fire at Winn.

BANGOR, May 1G.-A fire at Winn today
burned the farm buildings and contents of
John McAlplne. Nothing was saved but the
bed on which Mrs. McAlpine, an invalid,
was carried out upon. The loss is $500
insured for $1,000.
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Bates College.
LEMIsroN. Nav 16.

1AhNlolONs May 10.
President Cheney few days ago received
a letter from one Of Boston's most substan-
tial citizens, whose name Is for the present
withheld. Offering to give the college $4,000
il the college raise by subscription, indie
pendent of bequests, 100000, $4,000 Of
which, TO be used towards founding an obser-
yatory. $4,000 Of this has already been sub
scribed, thus leaving $4,000 TO be raised be-
fore the college receives this gentleInan's
generous gift. A strong effort will be made
By the friends Of the college to meet the con-
dtions of the gift the eomming summer, and
1t is hoped that the corner stone of the OBJ
servatory can be laid next September.
Mount David, the site for the observatory
at whose base is the ball field. was donated
to the college by Senator Frye's mother and
Mrs. Wakefield. 1t IS four hundred feet
above the level of the sea, and two hundred
and fifty feet above the level OF Lewiston.
II is to be doubted II any other New Eng
land college town possesses as good an OBJ
seryatory site. The plans for the Observable
ry building were made by COombs, the well
known Lewiston architect about two wears
ago. The building will be eighty feet In
length aud twenty-siX In width. with wings
eiShtih- ictt hiSu anu central tower sur
mounted BY dome forty feet in height from
the foundation. 1t is intended that the OBJ
seryatory, when fully equipped shall be sec
Ond TO but one at least,-the Harvard Obser-
yatory, New England.
w. III, yudkins, 80, gave a very interesting
talk on Law and its Opportunities" before
the members Of the Eurosophian Society last
Friday evening.
The will Of Mrs Caroline A. Wood has
been sustained by the Massachusetts, Su-
preme Judicial Court thus giving Bates SS5-
600
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Successes and Failures of African
Missionaries.
[London Times.l

lLOnuOn lines.
He has great deal to say about the British
missionaries in Africa, but not much that is
favorable. He renders full justice to the
good intentions of the missionaries, and to
the Scottish and London societies tina. send
them out. but he says that they waste large
sums Of money for very small results. The
negroes who are taught by them to.read and
write most of them become unfit for any
manual occupation. They consider them
selves as good as a white man, think it un-
dignifed to toll, and when not engaged in
holding large and noisy prayer meetings, at
which every man wants to take his turn at
preaching, they roam about begging and take
it very i'll If they cannot live altogether on
doles from their white fellow Christians.
The European factories have learnt to be-
ware OF these men, and will not give them
employment so most of them end by relaps-
ing into barbariSm and vagabondage, their
last state being worse than their first, as the
renegade negroChristian almost always turn
criminal.
DIR. LEM declars that the statistics Of con-
versions sent home by the missionaries are
utterly misleading, for they never mention
relapses. He says that the only truly sue
cesstul missionaries are the Jesuits, who go
on the principle Of teaching man hrst to
work, and who endeaYor to develop whatever
special aptitudeS he may have IN him. BY
tnls system, based on the maxim tdbordre est
p3fore, they train excellent workmen and la
poIerS, VINO are in general request, and who
Dy tneir example convert others to Chris
tlanity. 1t is a pity that the Protestant
its. '''''0 f''''N'
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THE MANUSCRIPT
Of Home, Sweet Home, Buried With
the Authors Sweetheart.

ATHENS, Ga, May 16.-What is said to be
the original manuscript of "Home, Sweet
Home" was buried in the grave with Miss
Mary Harden, yesterday. She was John
Howard Payne's sweetheart, but rejected
his offer of marriage on account Of her
fathers objection. Payne corresponded re-
gularly with her, sending her among other
things the original manuscript of his famous
poem, interlined with protestations of love-
Since her separation from Payne, Miss Har-
don had never appeared in society, and for
the old family mansion, seeing no one but
the few members Of the little church to
which she belonged. ot
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INDIGNATION AT RocKLANp
Over the Story Concerning the Cap
tain of the Ship Parker M. Hooper.

RocKLAND, May 16.-There is great indig-
nation in this vicinity over the story circu-
lated by the mate OF the late ship Parker NJ t.
Hooper, Captain John Hartness, lost on the
voyage from Havana to New York, to the
effect that the captain scuttled the ship.
Hartness is a native of Rockport, stands
high in the community as a man of honesty
and integrity. The Rockport owners of the
Hooper state that their and the captains in
terest in the vessel was only partially insured
and that the vessels disaster was heavy
pecuniary loss to them and the captain. A
letter has just been received by one of the
owners from Captain Hartness which warns
the people against crediting any statements
made by the mate, saying that he was
troublesome fellow and that he and the cap
tain had quarrelled before the vessel left
Havana. The people in this section look
upon the story of the mate as entirely with
out foundation.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
GEN ERAL NEWS.

Over 5000 citizens of Denver, Col, attend
ed a public meeting at Music Hall Sunday
night, to protest against the passage of the
coercion bill now before the British Parlia-
ment.
The bridge over the Avon river at Wind
sor, N. s., was partially destroyed by fire
Sunday night. The structure was over 115
feet long.
Mr.. Robert J. Burdette, the genial humor-
ist, has been elected a deacon in his Baptist
church at Lower Merton, Penn.
Senator Sherman will expound Republican
principles to the members of the Illinois
Legislature on June 1st.
Charles Nj. Downs was caught in the belt
ing at Manchester, N. H., print works last
night, and instantly killed.
Fire in Stark Mills, at Manchester, N. H.,
last night, did $1,000 damage.
George Roberts, aged 50 years and married
died tonight in Providence, Il. L., after
three hours illness, of poisoning. 1t is not
known whether it was suicide or not.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17

One Of the most interesting games Of the
season was played at Lynn yesterday after
noon before 600 or 700 people. Poor base
running lost tie game for the Lynns. Cud-
worsh was fined SIS for too much cheap talk
to the umpire. Burke, the Lowells' catcher,
gave way to GuinassO In the first inning on
account of a split finger. The score:
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was badly riddled with shot and several
grains were lodged in the left ear, but
neither wounds are dangerous. The EN-
ployeS of the mill surrounded the would-De-
murderer in the woods, and thirty minutes
after the attempt to kill Frost, Broomteld
had emptied one chamber Of a revolver into
his own head, causing almost instant death.
Papers left at his residence show that his
own death was premeditated and that he
meant that Frost should also die.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
Notes..

Spalding has offered PittSburg 5000 for
Calvin, which has been refused.
Louis Say, the well known ex-league
player, has signed with Haverhill.
Farr and Stevens have been released from
the Portland Stars, and Flayin and Grbben
have been signed.
Games Today-Portlands at Manchester,
Boston Blues at Lawrence, HaVerhills at
Lynn and Salem at Lowell.
The game the Portlands play in Manches-
ter today is the one that was postponed
from April 2Sth on account of rain.
Tomorrow the POrtlands play at Lowell.
and the Lowell Courier says the grounds
will not be large enough to Hold the people
who will want to see the game.
Small returned to the city Yesterday and
praetieed little before the game He will
be all right in day or two
In DAWN the Portlands have reliable
man. He is greeted at the bat very much in
the way Scheffier was last year, and while
he doesn't get so many home runs his hits
count every time.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
Attempted Murder and Suicide.

WATERBURY,, Conn.,, May 16.-Alexander
Broomfeld, aged 55, shot and killed himself
today after an attempt to kill Warren S.
Frost, a foreman at the east mill of the
Waterbury Company. BroOmield was dis
charged from the mill some years ago for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct and had
always held Frost responsible. although the
order for his discharge came from head
O'CLOCK this morning when Frost with
companion was driving by to the mill on
lonely road and fired one charge from a shot
gun at Frost. The flesh of Frost's left hand
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
RAILWAY MATTERS.
BOSTON AND MAINE.

The Boston Journal says; "a prominent
official of the Boston and Maine Is authority
for the statement that 1t is not probable that
there will be more than per cent. for an
Eastern dividend next December. The
Maine is charging of $4,000 per month more
than in 1886 for taxes alone. The expense
o. changing the Eastern per cents into pre-
ferred stock was also some $4,000, and both
of these items, as well as others, viii affect
the Eastern's share Of net earnings for the
current year, and 1t will require a large In
crease in earnings the coming summer TO Off
set them. IL Is supposed. though, that the
current price for Eastern stock Is based
system which the Boston and Maine Is build
ing up than from hope Of immediate profits"
THE MEGANTIc RAILWAY.
Men are being hired for the Megantic
Railroad operations in quite large numbers.
Saturday morning another crew was sent to
Greenville. The scene Of the road Is a very
lively one, men and horses being as busy as
bees. About two hundred Italian labOrers
are expected In a few days TO work on the
line.
NOTES.
Three Canadian surveyors are surveying
the new line of railroad between SkOwhegan
and the International road. They have got
as far as The Forks. At the meeting Fri-
day, when the incorpOratOrs organized
Si50OOO was subscribed and the requisite
per cent, S22, 800, paid In. The building Of
the road seems to be assured.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
SECTION FOUR
OF the Interstate Commerce Law
and How Senator Reagan Regards

FORT WORTH, Texas May Ex-senator
Reagan, replying to a letter from Commits
sioner Morrison, inviting his attention to the
ter-State law, says that the section is iron
clad, and that the commission is not justified
in suspending it. He concludes by saying 1
have tried to show at first, that the commits
sion has no power to suspend law of Con-
gress, and second, If they had as matter Of
discretion, the power to do SO, that it would
be great wrong and injury to the public, and
to large extent would defeat the great and
benehcent purpose of Congress to protect
people from wrong and oppression, and to
subject these corporations to the control and
supervision of law.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17

The United States Supreme Court has
reached decision in the great telephone
case: The opinion has been prepared, and
would probably have been read had it not
been that the court will adjourn as soon as
Chief Justice Waite announces the death of
Justice Woods. As it is, the opinion in this
case will be read q week from today. Law
yers VINO have followed the case closely pre-
dict that the decision will be generally in fa-
yor of the Bell Telephone Company, but
some of them add that, while it will be tech
nically favorable to the Bell Company. it
will carefully limit the privileges of that
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
outrages by Tombs Prison keeper

NEW YORK, May 16.-Patrick Foster, as
sistant keeper of the Tombs prison in this
city, caused considerable excitement today
at the Hamilton ferry house, Brooklyn. He
was a passenger on the ferry boat Atlantic
and got in row with some men. Pulling
out his revolver he fired two shots, and one
of the balls struck Edward S. Burns in the
jaw. A severe wound was the result. An
other bullet struck deck hand in the ankle
The keeper then assaulted John Schroeder
by striking him on the nose with the butt
end of his revolver. Foster was overpowered
and arrested.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
A Dangerous Wreck.

WOODS HoLL, May 16.-Mariners are COM
planning of a wreck of a three-masted
schooner in Vineyard Haven Sound off
Nobsque Light. Although the government
has placed buoy there, there is neither
light nor bell to warn vessels in bad or foggy
weather. 1t is located in close proximity TO
the Vinyard steamers route, and an accident
is feared unless some attention is called to it
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
The Delayed Freight.
Bangor whig.l

There were ten special freight trains run
ming between this city aud VancebOrO Sun
day, all being quite heavily loaded. At Mil
ford alone there are one hundred and fifty
ear loads Of freight ready to 90 east. There
are six car loads Of coal in this city ready to
go TO Lincoln for the Lincoln Pulp and
Paper Company. There is a very large
amount Of freight here and at other stations
all along the line of the Maine Central, which
has accumulated during the freshet, and now
that traffic Is once more resumed II will be
placed on the freight cars and sent to its
destination. Ii Is making lots Of work for
the railroad men who have all they can do to
get rid of all Of 1t. The Maine Central yard
was full Of cars yesterday from all points of
the country Conductor Nigue's train
Saturday was one of the largest that ever
come into this city, consisting Of sixty-6ve
heavily loaded ears.
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VT o. 1'ENNVI IIl'lIh 1lIII NflTIWITs
AT wAsHINGTo ON.
Other Games Yesterday.

At Memphis-Memphis, IS; Mobiles, 5.
Observation-Disclosures, II; Savannah,
AZ Buifalo-Bnffalos, 6; Torontos, ..
AT NashYille-New Orleans, IL Nashvilles
At Hartford-H -Hartfords, IS; Hew Hayens,
At Amherst-Amherst, u; Cornells. 8.
At d-MetropOlitans, o; Cleye-
lands, s.
At st. Louis-St Louis, 7; Athletics, 2.